Women's Soccer | 12/18/2025 12:00:00 PM
United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Scholar All-America Teams
Kansas City, Mo. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse juniors
Aubree Caya of
Oregon (H.S.) and
Sera Speltz of
Winona, Minn. (Cotter) have been named to the 2025 United Soccer Coaches National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Scholar All-America Team, the organization announced Thursday.
Caya was selected to the 2025 Scholar All-America First Team while Speltz earned Scholar All-America Third Team honors.
Aubree Caya led the WIAC in five categories this season.
Both were named to the 2025 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III All-North/Central Region Scholar First Team.
UWL is the only Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) school to have student-athletes selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-America or All-North/Central Region Scholar Teams.
One of 13 student-athletes to earn United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team accolades, Caya was voted to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America® First Team on Wednesday.
Majoring in biomedical sciences with a 3.83 grade point average, Caya was named to the 2025 All-WIAC First Team. She was voted the WIAC Offensive Player of the Year and a three-time conference player of the week selection.
Setting single-season school records with 24 goals, 55 points and 91shots in 2025, Caya led the WIAC in goals, points, shots, and shots on goal (58) this season. She broke
Jennifer Tischaefer's school records of 19 goals in 1997 and 1999 and 50 points in 1997. Caya's 91 shots broke the single-season school record 86 set by
Ainsley Allan in 2022. Caya tied for the WIAC lead in game-winning goals (4) while finishing tied for seventh in assists (7). She tied for fourth for UWL in assists. Caya started 22 games this season.
She is a two-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.
An exercise sport science major with a 3.85 grade point average, Speltz was voted to this year's All-WIAC First Team. She was also selected the WIAC Offensive Player of the Week once. Speltz is one of 15 selections to this year's United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team.
Sera Speltz was second for UWL this season with 14 goals.
Appearing in 22 games, including 11 starts, Speltz finished second for UWL in goals (14) while being tied for second in points (34), game-winning goals (3) and shots (53). She was third in shots on goal (26). Speltz was second in the WIAC in goals and points this year finishing tied for third in game-winning goals, tied for fourth in shots and tied for fifth in shots on goal.
She was named to the 2024-25 WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.
Caya and Speltz are the fifth and sixth players in UWL history to earn United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America recognition.
Megan Carroll (2017 second team), Allan (2022 second team),
Ellie Arndt (2023, 2024 first team) and
Alexis McMahon (2023, 2024 first team). Arndt was selected the 2023 National Scholar Player of the Year.
UWL finished 19-3-1 overall and 6-0-1 in the WIAC this season under head coach
Jason Murphy. The Eagles won the WIAC regular season and tournament titles while advancing to the NCAA Division III Second Round.
